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<?php namespace SkypeForBusiness;

use SkypeForBusiness\Base;

class UseConnection extends Base
{
	/*************************************************
	//	Variables
	*************************************************/

	/*
	 *	Server configuration
	*/
	protected static $ucwa_path_send = "";
	protected static $ucwa_path_terminate = "";

	/*************************************************
	//	Constructor
	*************************************************/
	function __construct($token = "", $baseserver = "", $path_app = "", $path_xframe = "", $fqdn = "") {
		if ( !empty( $token ) ) {
			self::$ucwa_accesstoken = $token;
		}

		if ( !empty( $baseserver ) ) {
			self::$ucwa_baseserver = $baseserver;
		}

		if ( !empty( $path_app ) ) {
			self::$ucwa_path_application = $path_app;
		}

		if ( !empty( $path_xframe ) ) {
			self::$ucwa_path_xframe = $path_xframe;
		}

		if ( !empty( $fqdn ) ) {
			$link = parse_url($fqdn);
			self::$ucwa_fqdn = $link["scheme"] . "://" . $link["host"];
		}
	}

	/*************************************************
	//	Main methods
	*************************************************/

	/*
	 *	(bool) registerApplication($agent)
	 *	######################################
	 *
	 *	Register the application
	*/
	public static function registerApplication($agent) {
		$curl = curl_init();
		curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
			CURLOPT_HEADER => false,
			CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
			CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => false,
			CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST => false,
			CURLOPT_URL => self::$ucwa_baseserver . self::$ucwa_path_application,
			CURLOPT_REFERER => self::$ucwa_baseserver . self::$ucwa_path_xframe,
			CURLOPT_POST => true,
			CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode(array(
					"userAgent" => $agent,
					"endpointId" => self::_generateUUID(),
					"culture" => "de-CH"
				)
			),
			CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
				"Accept: application/json",
				"Authorization: Bearer " . self::$ucwa_accesstoken,
				"Content-Type: application/json",
				"X-Ms-Origin: " . self::$ucwa_fqdn,
			),
			CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 15,
		));

		$response = curl_exec($curl);
		$status = curl_getinfo($curl);
		curl_close($curl);

		if ($status["http_code"] == 201) {
			$data = json_decode($response, true);
			$keys = array_keys($data["_embedded"]["communication"]);

			self::$ucwa_path_conversation = $data["_embedded"]["communication"]["_links"]["startMessaging"]["href"];
			self::$ucwa_path_events = $data["_links"]["events"]["href"];
			self::$ucwa_operationid = $keys[0];

			self::$ucwa_path_application_fq = $data["_links"]["self"]["href"];
			return true;
		} else {
			self::_error("Can't register application for Skype UCWA", $status);
			return false;
		}
	}

	/*
	 *	(bool) createConversation($to, $subject)
	 *	######################################
	 *
	 *	Create a conversation
	*/
	public static function createConversation($to, $subject) {
		$curl = curl_init();
		curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
			CURLOPT_HEADER => false,
			CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
			CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => false,
			CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST => false,
			CURLOPT_URL => self::$ucwa_baseserver . self::$ucwa_path_conversation,
			CURLOPT_REFERER => self::$ucwa_baseserver . self::$ucwa_path_xframe,
			CURLOPT_POST => true,
			CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode(array(
					"importance" => "Normal",
					"sessionContext" => self::_generateUUID(),
					"subject" => $subject,
					"telemetryId" => NULL,
					"to" => $to,
					"operationId" => self::$ucwa_operationid
				)
			),
			CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
				"Authorization: Bearer " . self::$ucwa_accesstoken,
				"Content-Type: application/json",
				"X-Ms-Origin: " . self::$ucwa_fqdn,
			),
			CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 15,
		));

		$response = curl_exec($curl);
		$status = curl_getinfo($curl);
		curl_close($curl);

		if ($status["http_code"] == 201) {
			return true;
		} else {
			self::_error("Can't create conversation for Skype UCWA", $status);
			return false;
		}
	}

	/*
	 *	(bool/null) waitForAccept($recursive = true)
	 *	######################################
	 *
	 *	Wait 'til the user accepts the conversation
	*/
	public static function waitForAccept($recursive = true) {
		$curl = curl_init();
		curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
			CURLOPT_HEADER => false,
			CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
			CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => false,
			CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST => false,
			CURLOPT_URL => self::$ucwa_baseserver . self::$ucwa_path_events,
			CURLOPT_REFERER => self::$ucwa_baseserver . self::$ucwa_path_xframe,
			CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
				"Accept: application/json",
				"Authorization: Bearer " . self::$ucwa_accesstoken,
				"X-Ms-Origin: " . self::$ucwa_fqdn,
			),
			CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
		));

		$response = curl_exec($curl);
		$status = curl_getinfo($curl);
		curl_close($curl);

		if ($status["http_code"] == 200) {
			$data = json_decode($response, true);
			$return = false;
			foreach ($data["sender"] as $sender) {
				if ( strtolower($sender["rel"]) == "conversation" ) {
					foreach ( $sender["events"] as $events) {
						if ( array_key_exists("_embedded", $events) ) {
							if ( array_key_exists("messaging", $events["_embedded"]) ) {
								if ( strtolower($events["_embedded"]["messaging"]["state"]) == "connected" || strtolower($events["_embedded"]["messaging"]["state"]) == "success" ) {
									// Conversation accepted
									// Get messaging links

									self::$ucwa_path_send = $events["_embedded"]["messaging"]["_links"]["sendMessage"]["href"];
									self::$ucwa_path_terminate = $events["_embedded"]["messaging"]["_links"]["stopMessaging"]["href"];

									$return = true;
								}
							}
						}
					}
				}
			}

			self::$ucwa_path_events = $data["_links"]["next"]["href"];

			if ($return) {
				return true;
			} else {
				if ($recursive) {
					return self::waitForAccept($recursive);
				} else {
					return true;
				}
			}
		} else {
			self::_error("Can't get events for Skype UCWA", $status);
			return false;
		}
	}

	/*
	 *	(bool) terminateConversation()
	 *	######################################
	 *
	 *	Terminate the conversation
	*/
	public static function terminateConversation() {
		$curl = curl_init();
		curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
			CURLOPT_HEADER => false,
			CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
			CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => false,
			CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST => false,
			CURLOPT_URL => self::$ucwa_baseserver . self::$ucwa_path_terminate,
			CURLOPT_REFERER => self::$ucwa_baseserver . self::$ucwa_path_xframe,
			CURLOPT_POST => true,
			CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "Exterminate!",
			CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
				"Authorization: Bearer " . self::$ucwa_accesstoken,
				"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8",
				"X-Ms-Origin: " . self::$ucwa_fqdn,
			),
			CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 15,
		));

		$response = curl_exec($curl);
		$status = curl_getinfo($curl);
		curl_close($curl);

		if ($status["http_code"] == 204) {
			return true;
		} else {
			self::_error("Can't terminate conversation for Skype UCWA", $status);
			return false;
		}
	}

	/*
	 *	(bool) deleteApplication()
	 *	######################################
	 *
	 *	Deletes the current application
	*/
	public static function deleteApplication() {
		$curl = curl_init();
		curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
			CURLOPT_HEADER => false,
			CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
			CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => false,
			CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST => false,
			CURLOPT_URL => self::$ucwa_baseserver . self::$ucwa_path_application_fq,
			CURLOPT_REFERER => self::$ucwa_baseserver . self::$ucwa_path_xframe,
			CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
			CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
				"Authorization: Bearer " . self::$ucwa_accesstoken,
				"X-Ms-Origin: " . self::$ucwa_fqdn,
			),
			CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 15,
		));

		$response = curl_exec($curl);
		$status = curl_getinfo($curl);
		curl_close($curl);

		if ($status["http_code"] == 204) {
			return true;
		} else {
			self::_error("Can't delete application for Skype UCWA", $status);
			return false;
		}
	}

	/*
	 *	(bool) sendMessage($msg)
	 *	######################################
	 *
	 *	Sends a message
	*/
	public static function sendMessage($msg, $path_send) {

		if ($path_send !== ""){
				self::$ucwa_path_send = $path_send;
		}

		$curl = curl_init();
		curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
			CURLOPT_HEADER => false,
			CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
			CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => false,
			CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST => false,
			CURLOPT_URL => self::$ucwa_baseserver . self::$ucwa_path_send,
			CURLOPT_REFERER => self::$ucwa_baseserver . self::$ucwa_path_xframe,
			CURLOPT_POST => true,
			CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => $msg,
			CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
				"Authorization: Bearer " . self::$ucwa_accesstoken,
				"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8",
				"X-Ms-Origin: " . self::$ucwa_fqdn,
			),
			CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 20,
		));

		$response = curl_exec($curl);
		$status = curl_getinfo($curl);
		curl_close($curl);

		if ($status["http_code"] == 201) {
			return true;
		} else {
			self::_error("Can't send message for Skype UCWA", $status);
			return false;
		}
	}

	public static function makeMeAvailable() {

		$curl = curl_init();
		curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
			CURLOPT_HEADER => false,
			CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
			CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => false,
			CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST => false,
			CURLOPT_URL => self::$ucwa_baseserver . self::$ucwa_path_application_fq . "/communication/makeMeAvailable" ,
			CURLOPT_REFERER => self::$ucwa_baseserver . self::$ucwa_path_xframe,
			CURLOPT_POST => true,
			CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode(array(
					"phoneNumber" => "0000000",
					"signInAs" => "Online",
					"supportedMessageFormats" => array("Plain"),
					"supportedModalities" => array("Messaging"),
				)
			),
			CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
				"Authorization: Bearer " . self::$ucwa_accesstoken,
				"Content-Type: application/json",
				"X-Ms-Origin: " . self::$ucwa_fqdn,
			),
			CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 15,
		));

		$response = curl_exec($curl);
		$status = curl_getinfo($curl);
		curl_close($curl);

		if ($status["http_code"] == 204) {
			return true;
		} else {
			self::_error("Can't make me available", $status);
			return false;
		}

	}

	public static function waitForMessages($recursive = true) {

		$curl = curl_init();
		curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
			CURLOPT_HEADER => false,
			CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
			CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => false,
			CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST => false,
			CURLOPT_URL => self::$ucwa_baseserver . self::$ucwa_path_events,
			CURLOPT_REFERER => self::$ucwa_baseserver . self::$ucwa_path_xframe,
			CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
				"Accept: application/json",
				"Authorization: Bearer " . self::$ucwa_accesstoken,
				"X-Ms-Origin: " . self::$ucwa_fqdn,
			),
			CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
		));

		$response = curl_exec($curl);

		$status = curl_getinfo($curl);
		curl_close($curl);

		if ($status["http_code"] == 200) {
			$data = json_decode($response, true);
			$return = false;

			foreach ($data["sender"] as $sender) {
				if ( strtolower($sender["rel"]) == "communication" ) {
					foreach ( $sender["events"] as $events) {
						if ( array_key_exists("_embedded", $events) ) {
							if ( array_key_exists("messagingInvitation", $events["_embedded"]) ) {
								if ( strtolower($events["_embedded"]["messagingInvitation"]["state"]) == "connecting" && array_key_exists("accept", $events["_embedded"]["messagingInvitation"]["_links"]) ) {

									self::acceptMessage($events["_embedded"]["messagingInvitation"]["_links"]["accept"]["href"]);

								}
							}
						}
					}
				}

				if ( strtolower($sender["rel"]) == "conversation" ) {
					foreach ( $sender["events"] as $events) {
						if ( array_key_exists("_embedded", $events) ) {
							if ( array_key_exists("message", $events["_embedded"]) ) {
								if ( strtolower($events["_embedded"]["message"]["direction"]) == "incoming") {

									$path_send = $events["_embedded"]["message"]["_links"]["messaging"]["href"]."/messages";
									$msg = $events["_embedded"]["message"]["_links"]["plainMessage"]["href"];
									$msg = trim(urldecode(explode(",",$msg)[1]));

									$return = true;

								}

							}
						}
					}
				}

			}

			self::$ucwa_path_events = $data["_links"]["next"]["href"];

			if ($return) {
				return array($msg,$path_send);
			} else {
				if ($recursive) {
					return self::waitForMessages($recursive);
				} else {
					return array($msg,$path_send);
				}
			}
		} else {
			self::_error("Can't get events for Skype UCWA", $status);
			return false;
		}
	}

	public static function acceptMessage($ucwa_accept_href) {

		$curl = curl_init();
		curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
			CURLOPT_HEADER => false,
			CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
			CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => false,
			CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST => false,
			CURLOPT_URL => self::$ucwa_baseserver . $ucwa_accept_href ,
			CURLOPT_REFERER => self::$ucwa_baseserver . self::$ucwa_path_xframe,
			CURLOPT_POST => true,
			CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
				"Authorization: Bearer " . self::$ucwa_accesstoken,
				"Content-Length: 0",
				"X-Ms-Origin: " . self::$ucwa_fqdn,
			),
			CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 15,
		));

		$response = curl_exec($curl);
		$status = curl_getinfo($curl);
		curl_close($curl);

		if ($status["http_code"] == 204) {
			echo "Accepted!"."\n<br>";
			return true;
		} else {
			self::_error("Can't accept message", $status);
			return false;
		}
	}
}

?>


If your reading this blog post then your probably either really intrigued, a little confused or maybe grossed out. No matter how your feeling I think you'll get a kick out of this DIY.
After writing my Eggastic DIY post, I wanted to come up with my own unique way to decorate eggs. So I decided to combine my two favorite loves, ice cream and Easter. Today I will be showing you guys how to turn some plain brown paper mache eggs into some scrumptious scented ice cream eggs.
Step 1: Paint your eggs.
Step 2: Once your eggs are dry add any other little details. Since I'm making mint chocolate chip eggs, I added tons of chocolate chips to my eggs using some black paint.
Step 3: When your completely done with your eggs, spray them with your perfume.
Put them in a basket or bowl and your done!
This is probably one of my favorite DIYs that I've done in a while. I love the look of the eggs in the bowl and they really do smell delicious!
Well, I'm off to get some real ice cream!


The flight takes in the beautiful rugged coast line of the Kalbarri. Once in Geraldton you can enjoy a full day's tour. We can organize transport and tours including Bush Tucker and wild flower tours and much more. Alternatively, you may wish to have a free day to explore the historical town of Geraldton. We also offer a flight to the Abrolhos Islands where you can experience the amazing wildlife and beautiful beaches. The Abrolhos Islands lie about 60 kilometres west of Geraldton. The islands have an abundance of marine life, many species of seabirds also frequent this area. Whatever activities you choose, your day will be full of interest. At the end of the day your aircraft awaits, ready to fly you back to Denham.


Este hotel se encuentra en Le Pouliguen, a 270 metros de la Baie de la Bonne Vierge, y está rodeado por un jardín grande con pinos centenarios. Ofrece piscina al aire libre de temporada y spa. Todas las habitaciones del Pierre & Vacances Premium Le Domaine de Cramphore disponen de balcón amueblado, conexión Wi-Fi gratuita, zona de cocina totalmente equipada con lavavajillas y baño privado. Se puede acceder a todas las habitaciones en ascensor. Hay un parque infantil, una piscina infantil y una zona de juegos. También hay bicicletas y una pista de tenis. El establecimiento dispone de consola portátil de juegos, libros y juegos de mesa. Hay aparcamiento privado gratuito. En el parque regional de Brière, situado a 8 km de Le Domaine de Cramphore, se puede practicar senderismo.
Apartamento con zona de estar con sofá cama y cama plegable, 1 dormitorio, baño con bañera y aseo y zona de cocina completa.
Apartamento con zona de estar con sofá cama y cama plegable, 2 dormitorios, baño con bañera y aseo y zona de cocina completa con cafetera Nespresso.
Las cápsulas para la cafetera Nespresso pueden adquirirse en recepción.
Se pedirá un depósito por daños de EUR 500 a la llegada. Se te devolverá al hacer el check-out. La piscina está cerrada del mié, 15 may 2019 al dom, 15 sep 2019 Reception opening hours: - Sunday to Thursday: 08:30 to 12:00 and 15:30 to 19:00 - Friday and Saturday: 08:30 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 19:30 If you expect to arrive outside reception opening hours, please inform the property in advance. Contact details can be found on the booking confirmation. Price includes: all taxes and fees (except for the tourist tax and the possible booking fees), TV, bath linen (1 towel + 1 small towel), cleaning linen (kitchen towel + bath mat), a cleaning kit, beds made on arrival, final cleaning (except for kitchen area and dishes) , basic WiFi and 2 bathrobes. Free entry to the wellness facilities of the residence: -The outdoor heated swimming pool (July and August). -The sauna and hot tub. Mid-week housekeeping is available at an extra cost. The outdoor pool is heated from April to September and has a sun terrace and unheated paddling pool. There are relaxation areas for adults and a playground for children. The location of the accommodation can be reserved straight after booking by calling the property. Please note that location preferences are subject to availability and at an additional cost. A baby kit, suitable for children under 2 years weighing less than 15 kg, can be requested for free, subject to availability. The kit includes: 1 cot without a mattress, 1 high chair, 1 changing mat, and 1 pushchair. Guests are required to reserve the kit in advance. For any invoice requests, please note that the name used will be the name stated on the reservation. In case the total amount of the reservation is not paid in the timeframe set in the policies, the property reserves the right to cancel the reservation and apply cancellation fees. Please note that any modification may incur a fee. Please note that credit card is the only accepted method of payment.


When I first began practicing Yoga I could have cared less about the use of Sanskrit and struggled to understand the words being used to describe the names of postures or philosophies within the practice. I had struggled enough to understand Spanish and, as a college student, wasn't interested in adding another item to study to my list.
Now, almost two decades later, I have found myself correcting my practitioners and guiding new instructors in the proper application of Sanskrit words as they apply to the practice. I have become increasingly aware of the value of using the proper word while teaching. I spend hours practicing proper pronouciation and seeking out the most correct word to describe what I want to say (both in English and Sanskrit). I have become a language nerd. This doesn't surprise me; one of my favorite classes in college was Psycholinguistics. I probably would have continued studying had I not been drawn toward counseling.
Mantra comes from the root words "Man" meaning "mind" and "tra" or "trana" meaning "to train." The word Mantra is often translated to mean a tool for training, or driving, the mind.
Motto is defined as: a short sentence or phrase chosen as encapsulating the beliefs or ideals guiding an individual, family, or institution.
The two are very different things. Mantra requires that the mind become focused, directed and, often there is a desire to change the quality of energy and intention. Whereas a motto is a summary or explanation of a belief or idea.
The two have come to be interchanged in our culture. It is our task to change this.
Language is a truly valuable form of communication. Accurate expression can encourage connection and understanding. As a Yoga Teacher I use language to explain postures, concepts, philosophy and more. I state and restate until it appears as though my practitioners understand. As a counselor I reflect and restate to encourage understanding, accuracy and awareness. To speak clearly is to be understood and does not require a lot of words.
Yoga was originally taught in Sanskrit. This ancient language is no longer used in conversation, but the words that live on are those that continue to be studies, taught and heard in many Yoga studios. There is a reason Sanskrit has survived; the words mean more than we can translate. There is energy within the sounds and the words have more meaning than we could ever describe. For example; the word Prana is translated to mean breath, life force, energy and more.
As practitioners, instructors, teachers and guides of Yoga it is our duty to retain the goodness (Su) that exists within the traditions of the practice.
Become an observer of the world around you and do what you can to correct the wrongs, to encourage righteousness by educating those who have ignorance (Avidya) to the value of proper application of the practice of Yoga and language of Sanskrit.
Listen for the moments when you can truly be a teacher and help to spread the knowledge (Jnana) of the language of Yoga so that the roots of this ancient practice can remain solid.
Let's not lose sight of what Yoga is: both the practice and the result.


A gray wolf in Denali National Park, Alaska.
Newswise — Wolves and other top predators need large ranges to be able to control smaller predators whose populations have expanded to the detriment of a balanced ecosystem.
"This reframes the debate ― what we really need to do is connect areas if we want predators to play their historical roles," he said.
"Coyotes have essentially hitched a ride with people," Wirsing said. "Not only do we subsidize coyotes, but we also helped them by wiping out their predators ― wolves."


text:
.@melissa_keir: Twisting the Rules by Gina Danna #guestpost
There's nothing more fun than breaking the rules, playing a game of what if with an idea or twisting what you know... I have Gina here today to share her take on all this and give you a sneak peek at her release--The Wicked Bargain! Take it away, Gina...
Twisting the rules…
As a published author, one of the questions I get asked is how do I come up with story ideas? Every author has different methods and honestly, every story came from a different set of circumstances. Mostly they aren't planned out but hit us like a freight train in the middle of another story or in a conversation or driving or just about anywhere.
For The Wicked Bargain, I'd been reading several Regency novels with the heroine as a courtesan. The stories of course are of redemption of these women – most in a circumstance that placed them as courtesans. They meet the hero, stay true to him (the old HQ rules in place) and he saves her from a life as a soiled dove. Good stories. But…
What if the high-price courtesan was male?
I always have wondered about the strange set of rules in the ton – men could take courtesans or mistresses and the wife served as the mother to his legitimate heir, maybe two, and gladly (sometimes) welcomed another woman servicing the man she'd married. But about these wives? Women who served their purpose, taken care of for the rest of their lives by name and title of the husband but what about the loneliness, the desires that remained unfulfilled? Research indicates a small amount (known at least) of ladies who took matters into their own hands and took lovers. And if they did, why not paid for a male courtesan?
Our heroine, Arabella Covington, spent her youth following her father, a country physician, to his visits and helped him treat his patients. She learned medicine through this, like an apprentice. With this knowledge, she wants to be able to help the sick and wounded but she can't. At this time period, early 1800s, women were only allowed to be midwives and nothing more.
Arabella, coming to London, quickly found her training meant nothing. Or did it?
Medicine at this time was an evolving science. In the mid 17th century, medicine was lumped with alchemy. Science had yet to emerge as fact over magic strangely enough. To be taught cures and how to treat patients, many also learned incantations and the latest way to turn wood into gold. As time turned, medicine pulled out of the dark ages and into a science, however limited the knowledge base was in the field. Many methods were lost during the Dark Ages when western civilization backtracked from what had been learned during the Ancient times, through the Romans and Egyptians. But during the late 18th century, science extracted itself from the idea of prayer for a cure to something more viable. Men pursued this career, not women. Women remained steadfast as midwives, knowing the workings of a woman's reproductive cycle.
Yet does that mean women couldn't handle medical knowledge to treat men and women? No, wives were often the healer of the family. The trend that continued to the Victorian era was that the injured or sick did better if they stayed at home and were tended in a loving atmosphere. In other words, nursed by their mother or wife. Wives handled everything from fevers to illness to wounds from farming, hunting, war and even everyday living.
Yet, it was truly believed that women could not handle severe wounds or illnesses. Really? I think not…
This is the world Arabella must deal with. Her training goes further than a midwife, able to treat men as well as women and children. No doubt her frustration is palatable. To find Ethan's place and the ability to help Mary must have made her thrilled to be able to help.
Little did she know, the man who broke societal rules to hire her medical services for his ladies and would himself desperately need her aid, would show her a world she didn't know. Nor did she realize her greatest talent would be in his redemption.
Thus was the birth of The Wicked Bargain:
Haunted by a past as a sex slave, nobleman Ethan Warth returns to England as a male courtesan for rich matrons and runs a brothel for wealthy lords. Arabella Covington appears on his door, trained in the medical arts but unable to practice because of her gender. He hires her to care for his ladies but her inquisitive nature and beauty make him desire to teach her the world of seduction.
Ethan, however, never counted on falling in love…
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Arabella stood in her chambers, her thoughts a tumble of emotions, none of them comfortable. Her biggest one was fear. Had Jeremy made it to London? What if he lurked outside, waiting for her?
Another intruding thought was this house. Just what went on beyond those chamber doors?
One thing was certain. Her cousin, the Marquis, was not like any other man she knew. There appeared to be several women living here but she couldn't tell if it was a boarding house. Plus last night, she heard from Ethan's own mouth that he was in bed with another man's wife and that was more than she could take. She wanted to run from the house but go where? Her lack of funds would not take her far and she could never return home. The combination of confusion, fear and panic had her pacing around the room, her mind on the scene from last night and of the marquis being in here but few minutes ago, all congenial and handsome. His refusal to let her stay followed by a reluctant change of heart made her more irritated, restlessness and anxious. If she didn't do something, she might go insane. She swung the door open and marched quickly down the hall to Mary's room.
Knocking at the door, Arabella heard Mary's response and opened the door.
Mary spun in her bronze evening gown. "What do you think?" the girl asked, a whimsical smile on her face.
The dress was stunning. Its underskirt of a copper colored watered silk was the perfect match to a diaphanous gold overskirt trimmed with decorated braiding at the neckline and capped sleeves.
"It's beautiful." Arabella stood in awe. The girl looked so young and full of life. The bulge of her condition only slightly visible when she ran her hand over her belly. Nothing of last night's trauma showed. She stopped and gave a slight curtsy.
"Thank you," she said. "Robert will love it!"
"Robert?"
"Yes." She looked at Arabella quizzically. "Oh, yes, well, Robert is my...." She ran her hand over the skirted bulge.
"Ah, your husband, or soon to be."
A peel of laughter came as she shook her head.
Arabella frowned. She may be from the country, but children born out of wedlock anywhere were bastards, a permanent stain. Surely, the Marquis would demand this Robert make her his wife. "But he will be, right?"
Mary's eyes slanted, crinkling with amusement. "You're new. Please forgive me."
"What does that have to do with your condition?"
Mary fidgeted with her overskirt, avoiding her gaze.
"Mary," she asked quietly. "Why won't you answer me?" Fear crept into her voice before she could prevent it.
"They didn't tell you?" Mary broke into a giggle.
"I fail to see the humor in this," Arabella stated flatly. She wanted answers. The vision of the naked Marquis on the bed once more came to mind. Drat, why did it always pop up like that?
Mary controlled her giggles as she walked to her dresser and pulled out her jewelry box. Glancing at Arabella, she opened the box and grabbed a pair of earbobs.
"I laughed too at first." She pushed the wire through her earlobe. "To be trained by Ethan and make the sort of blunt seemed too good to be true, especially for a girl like me. But Ethan claimed he saw in me a spark that'd light his nabob friends on fire." She sighed, connecting the second earbob closure till both glass orbs hung from her ears.
Arabella furrowed her brows. Blunt and nabobs she understood but she had yet to see what work was involved. Only thing she did know was the young woman in front of her, probably barely old enough to know better, at eighteen or nineteen, was increasing, unmarried and pleased to dress for an evening out with the guilty party. This was what London did to a woman? Made her forget her upbringing? Even the country folk knew that a woman's virtue was to remain until marriage.
There were few ways for women to earn money but none brought any riches. Except one and it was called prostitution, a courtesan to be exact. One who serviced the nobility. Arabella's mind stumbled over the thought. Was she in a brothel? What would the Marquis be doing, living in a place of ill-repute? Why would her aunt send her here? Granted, Aunt Edith told her to come here as a last resort, but she couldn't believe her aunt wanted her to sell her body. Heavens, that was what her cousin wanted her to do and why she fled him. Arabella shuddered, fear coiling inside her.
The snap of a necklace closure grabbed Arabella's attention back to the girl. Mary was still talking.
"He will train you to be the best but you'll never have him. He remains…," Mary paused. "Alone. So don't be disappointed. All of us have been there."
Arabella frowned. The girl lost her. She opened her mouth to ask what training when the girl grabbed her hand. "Come on! We'll be late and Ethan hates when you're late!"
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Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Gina Danna has spent the better part of her life reading. History has been her love and she spent numerous hours devouring historical romance stories, dreaming of writing one of her own. Years later, after receiving undergraduate and graduate degrees in History, writing academic research papers and writing for museum programs and events, she finally found the time to write her own stories of historical romantic fiction.
Now, under the supervision of her three dogs and two cats, she writes amid a library of research books, with her only true break away is to spend time with her other life long dream – her Arabian horse – with him, her muse can play.
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Q: Get Windows user groups from Active Directory using .net core I try to get a user's groups or users per group using the classes from the System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement namespace.
For example I do this:
GroupPrincipal administratorsGroup = GroupPrincipal.FindByIdentity(ctx, IdentityType.Name, "Administrators");
PrincipalCollection pc = administratorsGroup.Members;

The problem is that when I try to access a collection of Members or Groups, I always get an exception with message:

IDispatch and IDispatchEx are not supported

From this post, I understand that these methods/properties are not supported yet and will be implemented in .net core 3.0.
My question is what is the workaround (if exists) to get the Windows groups of a specific user.
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Human remains identified in Raleigh County
by: Brandon Bates
Posted: Jul 10, 2015 / 03:30 PM EDT / Updated: Jul 18, 2015 / 12:33 AM EDT
On February 13, 2015, human remains were found in the Eccles area of Raleigh County. With several cases still open where people went missing, investigators weren't sure who the body belonged to.
"There were several aspects of the crime scene that did indicate that foul play was involved," Detective Morgan Bragg said.
The remains were found on Upper Sandlick Road by West Virginia State Police. The remains were identified as those of Travis Summers. Summers was reported missing over a year ago on May 7, 2014.
"We have developed persons of interest that we would like to speak to and some that we plan to," Detective Bragg said.
Detectives said that because the remains weren't found for several months, determining who's they were was definitely a long process.
"The fact that Mr. Summers was so well known we have obtained a great deal of information," Bragg said.
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Q: Customised Word Cloud in two different colors in R I am trying to create a word cloud in R, wherein I have a matrix with positive and negative words, however, I want to show positive and negative words in two different colors (say green and red). Can someone please help me on this. Thanks!
library(qdap)

x1 = x[a0]

pol = polarity(x1)
wc = pol$all[,2]
val = pol$all[,3]
p  = pol$all[,4]
n  = pol$all[,5]

positive_words = unique(setdiff(unlist(p),"-"))  # Positive words list
negative_words = unique(setdiff(unlist(n),"-"))  # Negative words list
total_words1 =cbind(positive_words,negative_words)

pos.tdm = dtm[,which(colnames(dtm) %in% total_words1)]
m = as.matrix(pos.tdm)
v1 = sort(colSums(m), decreasing = TRUE)

windows() # opens new image window
wordcloud(names(v1), v1, scale=c(4,1),1, max.words=100,colors=brewer.pal(8, "Dark2"))
title(sub = "Words - Wordcloud")

A: Yes.  You can choose the colors for each word by listing them in colors and then using ordered.colors=TRUE.  I am giving a simple example of just red and green words, but you could vary the shades of red and green by the frequency of the word.
Pos = read.table(text="Word    Count
Great       10
Good        25
Fabulous    7",
header=TRUE, stringsAsFactors = TRUE)

Neg = read.table(text="Word    Count
Bad         23
Stinks      5
Terrible    15",
header=TRUE, stringsAsFactors = TRUE)

AllWords = rbind(Pos, Neg)
Colors = c(rep("green", nrow(Pos)), rep("red", nrow(Neg)))

wordcloud(AllWords $Word, AllWords $Count,
        colors=Colors, ordered.colors=TRUE)


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Performance Review
- 1: Introduction - 2: In-Depth with the Maxwell Architecture & GM204 - 3: Refreshed Memory Caching & A New Video Engine - 4: Dynamic Super Resolution / Enhanced DX12 Support - 5: A Closer Look at the GTX 980 - 6: Test System & Setup - 7: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag / Battlefield 4 - 8: Call of Duty: Ghosts / Far Cry 3 - 9: Hitman Absolution / Metro: Last Light - 10: Thief / Tomb Raider - 11: Clock Speed Stability on Maxwell - 12: Thermal Imaging / Acoustics / Power Consumption - 13: Overclocking Results - 14: Conclusion; The Maxwell Game Changer
Author: SKYMTL
Product Name: GTX 980
Refreshed Memory Caching & A New Video Engine
Refreshed Memory Caching
As resolutions continue to increase and DX12 promises to enhance GPU to CPU communications, the graphics card's onboard memory will begin playing an increasingly expanded role in overall game performance. Knowing this, the GTX 980's 4GB, 7Gbps 256-bit memory interface may look a bit anemic and anything but "next gen" at first glance. On paper at least it provides less bandwidth than the GTX 780Ti's layout, but there's far more going on behind the scenes than what first meets the eye.
In creating GM204, NVIDIA has thoroughly revised their memory subsystem rather than enhancing speed or moving towards a wider interface. Focusing upon core architectural improvements over raw power was borne out of necessity since a larger 384-bit or 512-bit interface would have taken up a significant amount of die space while GDDR5 modules operating at frequencies higher than 7Gbps aren't available yet.
While the core's caching and memory hierarchy has largely gone unchanged from GK110, NVIDIA's engineers have instituted a number of features that allow GM204 to utilize its available bandwidth more efficiently. These enhancements begin with a new third generation lossless compression data algorithm as the core's data is written out to memory. Additional bandwidth savings are achieved when secondary processing stages like the core's Texture Units read data stored within the memory buffer since the information is compressed yet again for quick transfer.
In order to enhance output bandwidth and memory subsystem efficacy, NVIDIA is actually using multiple layers of compression. In principle this approach works well in some instances (like on anti-aliased surfaces) but basic compression methods struggle to cope with lower instances of AA and non-AA situations. This is where delta color compression mode comes into play.
First instituted in Fermi, DCC quickly calculates the difference between each pixel within a data block and its adjacent neighbor and then attempts to compress the values together into the smallest size data packet possible. The effectiveness of this method is largely determined by the algorithm's built-in calculation possibilities which is why, in this third generation, NVIDIA has added more delta compression "choices". This leads to less data being determined as uncompressible and sent on through the rendering pipeline in raw lossless format, hogging bandwidth.
Alongside the compression algorithm improvements, core caching and general data access has been addressed as well. As a result, the GM204 core is able to reduce the number of bytes that have to be fetched from local memory and thus reduce memory bandwidth overhead.
Practically speaking NVIDIA claims up to a 25% improvement in efficiency when compared directly against Kepler's capabilities which gives Maxwell the equivalent of 9.6Gbps of effective bandwidth in some situations. It should be interesting to see whether this will help in higher resolution scenarios, where lower bandwidth cards tend to struggle.
Maxwell's New Video Engine Explained
NVIDIA's Kepler architecture had an extremely robust video engine and NVENC encoder, as evidenced by its capability to pre-process and stream high definition content to NVIDIA's SHIELD. However, in a market that's increasingly gravitating towards 4K resolutions alongside technologies like G-SYNC and DisplayPort's Adaptive Sync, some revisions were in order to make sure Maxwell was natively able to support upcoming display features.
One of the primary additions to this new video engine is its capability to provide an extreme amount of output bandwidth. It boasts full support for upcoming 5K (5120×3200) resolutions at 60Hz and up to four 4K MST displays can be driven from a single card. Alternately, these capabilities also open the door to 120Hz and 144Hz 4K panels. In addition, GM204-based products will be the first to boast native support for HDMI 2.0 which brings with it 4K / 60Hz capabilities along with and enhanced HD audio backbone. (eDP) protocol has been rolled into Maxwell as well. In order to create a connectivity standard that is compatible with these formats, the GTX 900-series uses a single dual link DVI output as well as three DisplayPort 1.2 connectors and a single HDMI 2.0 port.
Further helping things along is an updated NVENC encoder that now includes H.265 support and features H.264 encoding that's roughly 2.5x faster than Kepler. Not only will this allow for 4K video capture at 60Hz within ShadowPlay (an option which will be added immediately to NVIDIA's application) but H.265's compression improvements have far-reaching ramifications for home video streaming. With H.265 a user could technically stream a 4K video from their gaming PC to a next generation SHIELD portable device and then pass that signal onto their 4K HDTV. Alternately, the encoding efficiency could also lead to drastically reduced lag times when using NVIDIA's GameStream technology.
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Apr 12 CFF 2017: The Challenge review
Film Festivals, Top
Fact: I do not foresee my life changing to the point where I am driving a Lamborghini with a pet cheetah in the passenger seat. This isn't something I even had the imagination to dream up this particular fantasy. But for one of the subjects of The Challenge, this is his reality.
Yuri Ancarani's lyrical documentary is an observational portrait of the ultimate getaway weekend, a falconry tournament in Qatar. One of the things I appreciate about film is being able to experience other lives for a short timespan. This goes double for documentaries, which (depending on focus) can really put you in someone else's truth. And Ancarani's choice to remain a fly-on-the-wall— this documentary contains no talking heads, no voiceover, and no interviews— enforces the artifice of the camera simply by what and how he chooses us to observe this weekend.
It could be compared favorably with the fishing ship documentary Leviathan in its quest to witness the amount of wealth and traditions on display, though The Challenge remains far more accessible due to the linear nature of the weekend. It is not a narrative film in the way most will think of it so much as it captures many narratives and pieces of narratives. Each small segment of the film, from two men playing FIFA on XBoxes in the middle of nowhere, to presenting the various contenders, to a falcon's eye view of the hunt, serves as its own story, but together these perspectives and moments in time capture the breadth of this weekend.
In terms of privilege and culture, the wealth and traditions of the Arabian peninsula feel like a completely alien world to this middle class American. I've never been anywhere so empty as the vast desert where this tourney takes place, nor have I and a hundred other men all shown up to a remote location in our brand new Toyota trucks and Land Rovers. Nor have I ridden a camel after departing a private plane that I shared with a dozen birds of prey.
And this mix of the traditional and the new, of jumbotrons and smartphones side by side with a sport that has existed for millennia, is a central focus for Ancarani. This tournament feels as much about showing off wealth as it does connecting with the lifestyles of these ancestors, something which is reinforced in scene after scene.
All of these ideas would make this documentary worth viewing, but it would be impossible to overemphasize just how stunning this film looks. Partially because Ancarani often will hold a shot for longer than most, it gives the film a leisurely pace, but it also emphasizes the majesty of these birds as well as the craziness of this lifestyle. But the rest is just pure hardnosed filmmaking techniques. The blocking, the focus, all of those technical details that underline the craft at work are note-perfect throughout. Even when I wasn't sure what exactly was happening, the film's look was engaging and interesting. This is truly a documentary that is meant to be seen in a theater.
And luckily you can! It is playing Sunday, April 16 as part of the Cinedelphia Film Festival! Event details and tickets here.
CFF 2017, Cinedelphia Film Festival, reivew, The Challenge
Apr 12 CFF 2017: The Transfiguration review
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Digitizing Darwin's Library
Project Director(s):
David Kohn
Data Rescue
Science--Philosophy, Technology--Philosophy, Science, Technology, History, Medicine--Philosophy, Medicine
NEH White papers, JISC/NEH Transatlantic Digitization Collaboration Grants, NEH Preservation and Access, History and philosophy of science and technology, History and philosophy of medicine
http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M61M2D
This project which aims to reconstruct, digitally, Charles Darwin's working library as it stood at the end of his life's journey, will open up and make accessible to students of the humanities and the sciences whole new dimensions of Darwin's thinking. Over 700 of Darwin's most heavily annotated books are held at Cambridge University Library. The abundant hand-written notes on these books were painstakingly transcribed in the late 1980s. Now, thanks to high-resolution digital imagery, and an international partnership of Cambridge, the Natural History Museum in London, the Biodiversity Heritage Library-a consortium of natural history libraries, and the Darwin Digital Library of Evolution-an online scholarly edition of Darwin's manuscripts based at the American Museum of Natural History, Darwin's transcribed marginalia will be digitally married with scanned books from his own library and with scanned surrogate volumes of the exact editions Darwin owned from the partnership's libraries.
The digital reconstruction of Charles Darwin's working library as it stood at the end of his life, to include the presentation of the complex array of annotations throughout his working texts.
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If you are a historical books and horror thriller aficionado, you should have Luke Gracias' debut book The Devil's Prayer on your radar. The novel takes you on an engrossing fictional trip around the world and back in time to see why a nun commits suicide in front of thousands in Spain and why she made a deal with the Devil wagering her daughter's soul.
My major inspiration for the "Devil's Prayer" book was… David Seltzer's Omen and Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code are the major inspirations. I always thought it would be great to write a Da Vinci Code version of The Omen.
During my travels around the locations of the book I discovered… The Devil's Bible in the National Library of Stockholm which is purportedly written by the Devil himself. A 13th century conspiracy between the Mongols and the Papal Inquisition depicted in the Stefaneschi Tryptych in the Vatican Museum. The recently discovered secret tunnels under the Moreruela Abbey in Zamora, Spain. The church of Asen's Fortress in Bulgaria where all the paintings of the saints have their eyes gouged out. A punishment reserved for treason against God. The Katskhi Pillar in Georgia which has a church atop it, although it was not possible to climb it from the 13th century till the 20th century.
As a photographer, I enjoy shooting… landscapes and glamour. In search of locations for The Devil's Prayer, I have been to some amazing destinations.
My latest adventure is… I am an environmental specialist. A green project I have designed is being developed.
The strangest thing that ever happened to me on the road was… the opening of my book had a fictitious place called the Gateway to Hell. I found the steps to the Gateway to Hell at Bezdez Castle in the Czech Republic, and then my guide took me to the real Gateway to Hell which I did not know existed. It was at Houska Castle located some 25 km from Bezdez. I had imagined a place and it existed for real.
I never travel without… my camera.
The trip that changed me… 2015 I saw the Semana Santa in Zamora. I knew I had the perfect opening scene for a film. I used it in my book cover.
The Semana Santa – held every year in Zamora since the 12th century.
The most helpful thing I've learned on the road that could be used in everyday life… scan all your important documents and email it to yourself before a big trip. If you lose your tickets, bag or bookings or in my case camera gear, you have all the serial numbers to make a claim.
The place that surprised me the most… the Amalfi Coast. It is undoubtedly the most beautiful place on earth.
My recipe for turning dreams into reality is… the biggest regret you will ever have is not having tried to be the someone you imagined. If you want to do something, give it a red hot go. The journey of a thousand miles always starts with a single step.
One travel challenge for everyone reading this… visit a Devil's Bridge. There are more than 75 Devil's Bridges around the world. Each shares a legend that the builder made a pact with the Devil who built it in exchange for the soul of the first person who crossed it. Each bridge is an engineering marvel thought impossible to build.
All photos: Luke Gracias. The Devil's Prayer is on Amazon.
The Devil's Prayer – A Novel by Luke Gracias from The Devil's Prayer on Vimeo.
Explicit Content Warning: "The Devil's Prayer" is a historical horror thriller that contains brutality. Readers may find its content offensive and confronting.


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Plane crashes in Macon
Richard Hawkins|October 10, 2012
On Tuesday, Sept. 18, a plane crash occurred at the Downtown Macon Airport. A Beech 400 Jet descended from Charleston Air Force Base with the intent to land at 10:00 a.m. Although it was raining, the jet departed as scheduled. The jet was small and privately owned.
There were three passengers aboard the plane. John Dewberry, head of the Atlanta based Dewberry Capital Real Estate Company, pilot Brian Landers, and co-pilot, Joel Perkins.
"Water had built up on the runway from the rain," Lieutenant Sean DeFoe of the Bibb County Sheriff's office explains. They touched down on the slick runway and applied maximum reverse thrust to slow the jet. As the jet attempted to make a safe landing, it hit the built up water and did not quite make it to the ground. "The pilots and the witnesses claim that the jet hydroplaned," Lieutenant DeFoe elaborates.
Dewberry was able to leave the wreckage on his own and stumbled towards the road. Perkins also managed to extricate himself from the remains of the jet. Landers was trapped in the wreck until firefighters arrived to cut him from the wreckage. Perkins received minor injuries, the other two men walked away unharmed.
The wreckage caused Ocmulgee East Blvd. to be closed between Hubbard Road to Herbert Smart Airport Road. Officials from the Federal Aviation Administration arrived to investigate the wreckage shortly before 1:00 p.m.
According to Lieutenant DeFoe, the Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, took the remains of the plane, including the recorder and black box, to Conyers Georgia for further examination. Kathleen Bergen, of the FAA, said that the remains were turned over to the National Transportation Safety Board, or NTSB, for the investigation.
The NTSB reports that the plane was "substantially damaged when it overran runway 28." The calculated airspeed at approach was 108 knots before descent. They touched down within the first 1,000 feet of the runway. There was visible water on the runway at this point.
The pilots activated maximum reverse thrust, as well as braking and ground spoilers to slow their journey on the runway. Reverse thrusters are a common feature on this type of jet, though an optional one for this particular model. The system is designed to slow the plane upon its landing and is more effective than traditional braking. The system is also supposed to be effective in slowing on poor weather conditions.
However, both pilots reported an as yet unexplained pulsation in the brake system. Evidence shows that at approximately 1,000 feet from the departure end of the runway, evidence of tire tracks were visible. The tire tracks swerved on the runway before exiting the runway into the grass, traveling to the crest of a 25-foot embankment, down the embankment, and across the highway before coming to a rest at the base of a large tree.
The NTSB is continuing its investigation. They have taken the cockpit voice recorder, Garmin 500 global positioning unit, Power Brake Valve, Anti-skid unit, both wheel speed transducers, brake units, and the hydraulic valve package for further examination. Judging by the elements they are still investigating, it is likely that they are examining whether or not the crash was due to a malfunction in something relating to the braking system. They plan to release a final report once they have reached conclusive results.
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This week, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) suggested that if Republicans took control of the Senate in the November elections and he became majority leader, he would increase the use of tactics that could lead to future government shutdowns. He said he would favor spending bills with extensive riders on them that would likely be opposed by the president. McConnell indicated that he would be perfectly okay with a government shutdown in those circumstances.
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El corcovado gorgiblanco o perdiz santandereana (Odontophorus strophium) es un ave galliforme de la familia Odontophoridae que se encuentra en los bosques de la Cordillera Oriental de los Andes de Colombia, entre los 1500 y 2500 m de altitud, pero preferentemente entre los 1750 y 2050 . Se encuentra amenazada por pérdida de hábitat y aunque anteriormente fue observada también en Cundinamarca, recientemente solo ha sido observada en el departamento de Santander (Colombia), donde se ha estudiado su forma de vida.

Descripción
Mide en promedio 25 cm de longitud. El macho tiene una cresta pequeña y la zona atrás de los oídos color castaño negruzco; presenta una ceja blanca alargada hacia atrás, el anillo ocular y bajo el pico también de color blanco; la zona malar, la garganta y los lados del cuello negros, con un collar blanco bajo la garganta; el resto de la parte inferior castaño rojizo (rufo) con puntos blancos en el pecho y el dorso marrón oscuro con puntos negros y una franja color ante a través del manto. En la hembra la garganta es blanca con una banda de puntos negros a través del centro.

Se alimenta de frutos, semillas y artrópodos.

Reproducción
La temporada de cría parece coincidir con las estaciones lluviosas, durante los picos de precipitación anual entre marzo y mayo y entre septiembre y noviembre. La hembra pone los huevos en nidos en el suelo, construidos generalmente forrando y tapando con partes vegetales alguna depresión.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

BirdLife Species Factsheet.

strophium
Aves de Colombia
Animales descritos en 1844
Taxones descritos por John Gould

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Q: In JavaScript how would I show only one element at a time I have created this simple JavaScript code that allows a user to click on elements and then show the user what's hidden.
However right now my code allows the user to click on all the of elements and reveal them all at the same time.
I was wondering if anyone could push me in the right direction?
Here is a demo: http://jsfiddle.net/MTJa5/
var hellos = function(){
    var divClicks = document.getElementsByClassName("clickToShow");
    for(i=0; i < divClicks.length; i++){
        var click = divClicks[i];

        var close = function(){
            var open = false;

            click.addEventListener("click", function(e){
            e.preventDefault();
                if(open){
                    this.childNodes[3].setAttribute("class", "hidden");
                    open = false;
                } else {
                    this.childNodes[3].setAttribute("class", "show");
                    open = true;
                }
            },false);
        }();
    }
}();

A: try this: http://jsfiddle.net/MTJa5/22/

A: When you show any one element you need to go through the other divs and hide their elements.
EDIT: see this fiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/spb_/MTJa5/25/

A: hi buddy gone through your fiddle work and found the below solution..
This is a complete javascript in your fiddle with modification::
var hellos = function(){
    var divClicks = document.getElementsByClassName("clickToShow");
    for(i=0; i < divClicks.length; i++){
        var click = divClicks[i];

        var close = function(){
            var open = false;
            click.addEventListener("click", function(e){
                var divVisible= document.getElementsByClassName("show");
        //alert(divVisible.length);
        for(j=0; j < divVisible.length; j++){
            divVisible[j].setAttribute("class", "hidden");
        }

            e.preventDefault();
                if (open){
               this.childNodes[3].setAttribute("class", "hidden");
                    open = false;
                }else{
                    this.childNodes[3].setAttribute("class", "show");
                    open = true;
                }

            },false);
        }();
    }
}();

Here is the explaination::
on your click event i have found all the div elements with class=show and in a
for loop i have set class=hidden again then rest your code handles the stuff, of displaying the respective div on click


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FDA Targets Medtech Cybersecurity: An Interview with Kevin Fu, the First Device Cyber Czar
Cybersecurity has become an increasingly important part of medical device development and, along with that, device regulation. FDA's increasing awareness of this led to its creation of a new position within CDRH focused exclusively on this area, headed by Kevin Fu, one of the pioneers in this still-emerging specialty. Here he outlines the kinds of threats device companies face, and how industry and regulators can work together to protect both legacy and new products against such challenges.
Cybersecurity in medical devices was, at one time, a regulatory backwater in which regulators lagged behind parts of medtech and other industries in acknowledging this emerging challenge. More recently, however, FDA has made cybersecurity a priority in all sectors, including devices, putting regulators more on par with and in certain areas even ahead of the private sector in both recognizing and protecting against these threats.
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namespace security_interstitials {

const char kBoxChecked[] = "boxchecked";
const char kDisplayCheckBox[] = "displaycheckbox";
const char kOptInLink[] = "optInLink";
const char kPrivacyLinkHtml[] =
    "%s";

ControllerClient::ControllerClient(
    std::unique_ptr<MetricsHelper> metrics_helper)
    : metrics_helper_(std::move(metrics_helper)) {}

ControllerClient::~ControllerClient() {}

MetricsHelper* ControllerClient::metrics_helper() const {
  return metrics_helper_.get();
}

void ControllerClient::SetReportingPreference(bool report) {
  GetPrefService()->SetBoolean(GetExtendedReportingPrefName(), report);
  metrics_helper_->RecordUserInteraction(
      report ? MetricsHelper::SET_EXTENDED_REPORTING_ENABLED
             : MetricsHelper::SET_EXTENDED_REPORTING_DISABLED);
}

void ControllerClient::OpenExtendedReportingPrivacyPolicy() {
  metrics_helper_->RecordUserInteraction(MetricsHelper::SHOW_PRIVACY_POLICY);
  GURL privacy_url(
      l10n_util::GetStringUTF8(IDS_SAFE_BROWSING_PRIVACY_POLICY_URL));
  privacy_url =
      google_util::AppendGoogleLocaleParam(privacy_url, GetApplicationLocale());
  OpenUrlInCurrentTab(privacy_url);
}

void ControllerClient::OpenExtendedReportingWhitepaper() {
  metrics_helper_->RecordUserInteraction(MetricsHelper::SHOW_WHITEPAPER);
  GURL whitepaper_url(
      l10n_util::GetStringUTF8(IDS_SAFE_BROWSING_WHITEPAPER_URL));
  whitepaper_url = google_util::AppendGoogleLocaleParam(whitepaper_url,
                                                        GetApplicationLocale());
  OpenUrlInCurrentTab(whitepaper_url);
}

}  // namespace security_interstitials


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Clinical and histologic features of azithromycin-induced liver injury
Melissa A. Martinez, Raj Vuppalanchi, Robert J. Fontana, Andrew Stolz, David E. Kleiner, Paul H. Hayashi, Jiezhun Gu, Jay H. Hoofnagle, Naga Chalasani
Background and Aims: Rare cases of azithromycin-induced hepatotoxicity have been reported, with variable clinical and histologic features. We characterized clinical features and outcomes of azithromycin-induced liver injury. Methods: We identified patients with azithromycin-induced liver injury from the Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network Prospective Study who had causality scores of definite, highly likely, or probable. Demographic, clinical, and laboratory data and 6-month outcomes were examined. Results: Eighteen patients (72% female, mean age, 37 y) had causality scores of definite (n= 1), highly likely (n= 9), or probable (n= 8). Common presenting symptoms were jaundice, abdominal pain, nausea, and/or pruritus. For 16 patients, abnormal results from liver tests were first detected 14 days after azithromycin cessation (range, 9-20 d). The median duration of azithromycin treatment was 4 days (range, 2-7 d). The pattern of injury was hepatocellular in 10 patients, cholestatic in 6 patients, and mixed in 2 patients. The mean peak level of alanine aminotransferase was 2127 IU/L, of alkaline phosphatase was 481 IU/L, and of total bilirubin was 9.2 mg/dL. Liver histology showed ductopenia and veno-occlusive changes in a few patients. Two individuals had severe hypersensitivity cutaneous reactions. After 6 months, 8 patients had recovered, 4 patients had chronic injury, 1 patient died, and 1 patient underwent liver transplantation (outcomes were unavailable for 4 patients). Two of the patients who died or underwent liver transplantation had underlying chronic liver disease. Conclusions: Azithromycin-induced liver injury occurs within 1 to 3 weeks after azithromycin initiation and predominantly is hepatocellular in nature. Although most patients recover fully, severe cutaneous reactions, chronic injury, and serious complications leading to death or liver transplantation can occur (. ClinicalTrials.gov identifier, NCT00345930).
Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2014.07.054
Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury
Alanine Transaminase
Martinez, M. A., Vuppalanchi, R., Fontana, R. J., Stolz, A., Kleiner, D. E., Hayashi, P. H., ... Chalasani, N. (2015). Clinical and histologic features of azithromycin-induced liver injury. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 13(2), 369-376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2014.07.054
Clinical and histologic features of azithromycin-induced liver injury. / Martinez, Melissa A.; Vuppalanchi, Raj; Fontana, Robert J.; Stolz, Andrew; Kleiner, David E.; Hayashi, Paul H.; Gu, Jiezhun; Hoofnagle, Jay H.; Chalasani, Naga.
In: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Vol. 13, No. 2, 2015, p. 369-376.
Martinez, MA, Vuppalanchi, R, Fontana, RJ, Stolz, A, Kleiner, DE, Hayashi, PH, Gu, J, Hoofnagle, JH & Chalasani, N 2015, 'Clinical and histologic features of azithromycin-induced liver injury', Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 369-376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2014.07.054
Martinez MA, Vuppalanchi R, Fontana RJ, Stolz A, Kleiner DE, Hayashi PH et al. Clinical and histologic features of azithromycin-induced liver injury. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2015;13(2):369-376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2014.07.054
Martinez, Melissa A. ; Vuppalanchi, Raj ; Fontana, Robert J. ; Stolz, Andrew ; Kleiner, David E. ; Hayashi, Paul H. ; Gu, Jiezhun ; Hoofnagle, Jay H. ; Chalasani, Naga. / Clinical and histologic features of azithromycin-induced liver injury. In: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2015 ; Vol. 13, No. 2. pp. 369-376.
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Pacquiao, 35, was keen to erase the memory of his horrific knockout defeat to Marquez in December 2012, although demands of a purse north of $15 million have forced promoter Arum to look elsewhere.
There are a distinct lack of options for Pacquiao at the moment as Marquez and old foe Timothy Bradley are off the table, with a proposed encounter against Provodnikov also scuppered when Algieri took the Russian's title.
That leaves the American to prepare for a step up to welterweight as Arum and Oscar De La Hoya have yet to figure out a way forward regarding TV and sponsorship to pit Top Rank and Golden Boy stars in the same ring.
Arum had told WBN that he was awaiting a list from De La Hoya on who would be available to tackle Pacquiao in his 64th bout, something that has seemingly been tougher to work out than first expected.
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Wilsonville Volleyball Program
5A-1 Northwest Oregon Conference
Nathan Blankenship
Joni Glenn
Nikki Bippes
Jamboree	 R	 8/27/20 4pm	 @ TBD (Rex Putnam HS - NWOC Jamboree)
League	 R	 9/10/20 6:45pm	 vs. Putnam
League	 T	 9/15/20 6:45pm	 @ Parkrose
League	 T	 9/22/20 6:45pm	 @ Scappoose
League	 T	 10/6/20 6:45pm	 @ Putnam
League	 T	 10/13/20 6:45pm	 vs. Parkrose
Neutral Site S	 10/17/20 8pm	 @ TBD (West Linn V Tournament - West Linn HS)
League	 T	 10/20/20 6:45pm	 vs. Scappoose
Jamboree	 R	 8/27/20 4pm	 @ TBD (St. Helens HS - NWOC Jamboree)
League	 R	 9/10/20 5:30pm	 vs. Putnam [JV]
League	 T	 9/15/20 5:30pm	 @ Parkrose [JV]
Neutral Site S	 9/19/20 TBD	 vs. Central [JV] (Wilsonville HS Tournament - Wilsonville HS)
League	 T	 9/22/20 5:30pm	 @ Scappoose [JV]
League	 T	 10/6/20 5:30pm	 @ Putnam [JV]
League	 T	 10/13/20 5:30pm	 vs. Parkrose [JV]
League	 T	 10/20/20 5:30pm	 vs. Scappoose [JV]
Jamboree	 R	 8/27/20 4pm	 vs. TBD (Milwaukie HS - NWOC Jamboree)
League	 R	 9/10/20 5:30pm	 vs. Putnam [JV2]
League	 T	 9/15/20 4:15pm	 @ Parkrose [JV2]
League	 T	 9/22/20 5:30pm	 @ Scappoose [JV2]
League	 T	 10/6/20 5:30pm	 @ Putnam [JV2]
League	 T	 10/13/20 5:30pm	 vs. Parkrose [JV2]
League	 T	 10/20/20 5:30pm	 vs. Scappoose [JV2]


Manuel Neri: The Human Figure in Plaster and on Paper was organized by gallery director Jock Reynolds, who studied under Neri (American, b. 1930) at the University of California, Davis during the 1970s. The exhibition emphasizes Neri's works using plaster and paper, although the artist worked with many other materials throughout his career. Early on, Neri chose plaster because it was affordable. He continued to use it throughout his career, mastering more expensive materials like marble and bronze as he advanced. In this show, the immediacy of the paper and plaster complements Neri's voracious process and the tension of Neri's confident manipulation of the body is most apparent via these fragile materials.
Neri's speed is evident throughout the show, especially in the life-size plaster female figures. In fact, most of the figures included in the show are obviously women; only a few busts seemed ambiguous. We often feel an implied reverence for the body, particularly when executed at a similar scale to our own, and initially, I was attracted to the room full of life-sized plaster women.
In the center of the room, beckoning guests to enter, is M.J. Series III (1989)—the initials presumably refer to the model, Mary Julia Raahauge. After his marriage to artist Joan Brown ended, Raahauge became the chief subject for Neri's works. The catalog essay titled "A Tribute" written by Reynolds deems her his "great muse" and is accompanied by a photograph of a denuded Raahauge crouching awkwardly next to an in-progress sculpture, the sculptor's ready hands white with plaster. Both made me cringe.
Manuel Neri, M.J. Series III (1989). Plaster, dry pigments, steel armature, Styrofoam core, burlap; 171.45 x 55.88 x 27.94 cm (67 1/2 x 22 x 11 in.). Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery. Courtesy of the artist and Hackett / Mill, San Francisco.
Other life-sized sculptures in the show have grossly under-formed or undersized hands, too. Across from M.J. Series III, Bull Jumper III (1989) is on her hands and knees, extending one thin arm with its shriveled fingers. Black paint was smeared in the crevasse between her buttocks and down her back. Her body is pocked in places by Neri's tools. This gouging of the plaster feels akin to the heavy hand of Peter Voulkos, a lifelong friend. The forceful handling reads differently in abstract ceramic sculptures. By contrast, Neri's manhandling of materials was applied to the female figure. Taken as a whole, Neri's sculptures feel pathetic and the bodies seem victimized.
Some of this perceived violence results from Neri's process. He was known to work quickly and fearlessly with the wet plaster. In part, this was a necessity. Plaster dries rapidly. Once the material had set, he'd chisel and scrape away at the form, removing an odd appendage to start again if need be. Because of the gestural marks added to his sculptures, Neri—like Voulkos—gets associated with Abstract Expressionist artists, masculine tropes included.
Countless male artists have warped the female body for their creative gain, some without overt sexist inflections. On the way up to the fourth-floor gallery, I passed by several Giacometti sculptures of women. The severely attenuated forms embody the alienation of the post World War II Europe. They feel compressed by the air around them, not the artist.
On the other hand, when Willem de Kooning painted Woman I in 1952, critics cried misogyny. The slashes of thick paint and lurid distortions of the body—the enormous bosom, peg teeth, and googly eyes—got attention and a few raised eyebrows, impressive for the 1950s. He claimed, "Beauty becomes petulant to me. I like the grotesque. It's more joyous" . Looking at this painting with 2018 eyes, I see some joy. I see some violence, too.
In the short story "The Semplica Girl Diaries" by George Saunders, a suburban dad narrates how he saved up to buy his family their own Semplica Girl. The SGs, as they are called, are lawn ornaments and markers of affluence. As the story progresses, we learn they are actually poor women from places like Laos or Moldova. They have a wire threaded through their brains upon "installation" and their purpose is our enjoyment. Throughout the Western history of art, certain depictions of women remind me of these sad trophies. The intent is to look at the women, but to do so with pleasure would be to view them without empathy.
An attendant joked with me that if I came back at midnight, Neri's sculptures would come to life. (We are a few days shy of Halloween, after all.) It was funny and it also made me wonder: What might this tribe of misshapen women do when granted the opportunity?
Willem de Kooning, quoted in John Elderfield, "Woman to Landscape," in de Kooning, a Retrospective, John Elderfield (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2011), 277.


Organs retrieved from two brain-dead patients saved the lives of 12 people on April 3 as the families of those who were pronounced brain-dead decided to donate their organs.
The Times Of India reported that one of the brain-dead patients was a 16-year-old girl who had suffered from a brain haemorrhage and the other was a 50-year-old man who met with a deadly road accident.
The 16-year-old was brought to Fortis hospital on Bannerghatta Road and her symptoms had merely begun with headache and vomiting before it turned to an irreversible condition which contributed to her death. Her kidney and liver were given to patients in need at the hospital itself and her heart valve, cornea and second kidney were sent to other hospitals.
The other patient had reportedly met with an accident while returning from a wedding on March 30. He was declared brain-dead on April 3, and his organs were retrieved and sent to different hospitals.
On April 3, the family of a 47-year-old brain-dead woman in Mumbai donated her organs to save the life of a liver failure patient. With this, Mumbai has recorded 31 cadaver donations this year alone.
In our country, donations can be done by signing up a donation form for organ donation voluntarily called the living donations. If the patient is declared brain-dead, the family takes the call, which is called deceased donation.
Reportedly, there are restrictions on the lifespan of the organs donated. The heart, for instance, can only be sustained for six hours, liver for 24 hours, kidney for 72 hours and lung for six hours.
Organs are to be removed as soon as possible from the body after the patient is declared brain-dead and is sustained under chemical solutions till then, according to Times of India. There are various websites that have online forms for organ donations like organindia.org, donatelifeindia.org, etc, according to Times Now.
Experts are of the opinion that healthy organs which can be harvested for organ donations, get wasted due to lack of infrastructure in India. Additionally, due to lack of any centralised registry in the country, records of potential donors and recipients cannot be found during times of need. However, efforts like the creation of green corridors by different state governments have facilitated easier organ transportation which has successfully saved lives in recent times.